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Disputing a speeding fine

Has anyone recently had the good fortune to dispute a speeding fine and be successful?

My wife recently recieved a speeding fine (from the fixed camera) on the Monaro Hwy while in the right merging lane about to enter Isabella Drive. We requested the pic and if you squint you can just make out our rego. However I have shown the pic to at least half a doz other people and none of them can make out our rego.

Also she was pinged for 101 in an 80 zone – which is completely out of character for her. This speed just doesn’t match up with the way she normally drives.

Does anyone know about:
A – how we go about mounting an effective dispute in court
B – calibration rules for these devices. The traffic ops section has refused to provide any of that info to us….
C – rules for the camera shooting across three lanes (though no other vehicle is visible there is the possibility one is present in the lane closest to the camera but the image doesn’t show it)

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Well I had a win a few years back with a fine. I was done for 63kph in a 60kph zone – fair cop I said. The police officer(QBN Police Officer)wrote me the ticket and passed it to me. He asked me if I had any queries. I said I wont be paying the fine. He said you have to contest it in the court if I didnt pay it. I then asked him for the exact time of my ticket – he said 1:13pm. I then asked him to read his carbon copy of my ticket and tell me the time – he said 1:13am. I then reinforced I wasnt paying the ticket. Went to court the following month and was tossed out before I even set foot in the court chamber. Police officer was most embarrassed.

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AG Canberra, if she was surprised to get the notice in the mail, if she didn’t come home saying, “I think I got done speeding today,” then I would challenge it.

It’s that moment when you see the camera and look at the speedo while frantically braking and think, “Oh, crap!” and you just know. Sometimes you’re lucky and the dreaded bit of paper never arrives in the mail.

mdme – nope I just don’t think she was doing that speed. So I am looking to satisfy myself that the info the authorities are relying on is kosher. If it is – we’ll happily pay. If not – then we (and all other motorists)have the right to have the infringement withdrawn….